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Re: ${parameter#[:upper:]} does not work with LANG=en_US
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: ${parameter#[:upper:]} does not work with LANG=en_US |
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Tue, 02 Apr 2002 14:13:25 +0200 |
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jima@red3.simplex.com (Jim Avera) writes:
|> Description:
|> The POSIX.2 character class [:upper:] does not work in the
|> ${param#[...]} syntax. The [:upper:] pattern does not match
|> an an initial upper-case letter.
You've got the syntax wrong. [:upper:] is a pattern that matches any of
the characters ":epru", whereas [[:upper:]] is a pattern that matches all
upper case letters.
Andreas.
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